Historical reported dream · English · original published report
Moonlight on the soldiers around the house
Anonymous historical dreamer
Dream Psychology (1917) · Printed p. 48
Dreamer identified by the source: Anonymous married woman, as described on p. 48
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I dreamed I heard a noise and got up to look out of the window. I saw soldiers in the garden. The moonlight shone on their helmets. They were all round the house. I tried to call out for my husband, but he was fast asleep, and I was so helpless with terror that I could not make any sound.
Source & context
A historical published reported dream quoted in Nicoll’s original1917 clinical/interpretive work. The compiler’s interpretations are personal historical views, not current diagnoses, evidence of treatment efficacy, or scientific/Matrix-Net findings. A complete printed quotation is not independent authentication of the original memory or an untouched manuscript. No modern community submission or distinct-person count is asserted.
Anonymous historical reported dream, in Maurice Nicoll (compiler/physician), Dream Psychology (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917), Printed p. 48. Original English published quotation via Cornell University Library/Internet Archive. Editorial title, descriptive summary and navigation metadata added by Synastry; source wording and ending retained after scan-confirmed OCR repair.
1917 is the original English publication year, not an inferred dream date. No precise date, present-day identity or real dreamer location is inferred.
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Original English historical reported dream printed in Dream Psychology (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917). Original publication term expired in the United States. Nicoll is the compiler/physician, not asserted to be the anonymous quoted dreamer. Public archive access is not a new licence; no blanket worldwide rights warranty, modern translation rights or modern scan-asset licence is asserted.
Source locator and text provenance
Printed p. 48
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Content notes
- War
- Fear or nightmare
Notes from the historical editor
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Short descriptive English reading (editorial): Soldiers surround the house in moonlight while the dreamer cannot call out to her sleeping husband.
Connections in the Loom
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